OnePlus patches security vulnerability exposing the personal info of some US customers

Cybersecurity is an important part of every tech company as our devices are a treasure chest of personal information that some ill-minded individuals would love to get and exploit. Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus narrowly avoided a security debacle that would have left some of its customers quite unhappy.

Recently, a vulnerability was spotted in the system that handles the invoices for out-of-warranty repairs of OnePlus devices in the States. The window for mischief was relatively small: customers would receive a link to make the payment for their repairs, but before they’d do that, anyone ...

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